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twitching motility: a standalone construct

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Microbiology

surface movement powered by extension and retraction of type IV pili rather than by flagella.

In microbiology, twitching motility refers to surface movement powered by extension and retraction of type IV pili rather than by flagella. This meaning comes from Mattick (2002) in Annual Review of Microbiology.[1]

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References

Mattick, J. S. (2002). Type IV Pili and Twitching Motility. Annual Review of Microbiology, 56(1), 289-314. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.micro.56.012302.160938

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